Hard to believe that in one of the most densely built up urban areas in United States - San Francisco - there are still pockets of wild, ove...

Drove over the Golden Gate Bridge to the decommissioned FOrt Baker at the northern end of the bridge. Now a recreational area, it offers gre...

I haven't been driving the Smart for a while and forgot about fueling it up — Driving to work this morning I happened to look down and t...

Today I handed over the keys — TEMPORARILY — to a friend of mine,who will be driving my Smart for the next few months. He's is waiting f...

Performed a thorough washing and vacuum on the Smart car today in preparation of handing it off to a friend of mine for a while. Looks pret...

I've had a slow leak in the rear left tire for months — a small screw in the thread too close to the sidewall to be repaired. Tire wear ...

Spotted this Brabus model in Emeryville today. Not sure if it really is all that good value though — In Europe the Brabus edition packs a b...

Spotted this diminutive Toyota IQ in Paris today. It has the similar stubby proportions of the Smart but carries if off with a beefier, more...

The cool thing about Fort Point, the Civil-War era military fortress at the southern base of the San Francisco bridge, is that you can park ...

The Bay Area (how the locals refer to the Northern California San Francisco region) has the perfect weather for top down driving, although t...

I noticed a cutaway view of a Smart car at the local dealership when I was in there for my 24,000 mile service. It's meant to reassure f...